The Labor enquirer., 1887-01-29
Kaweah's Kindred Spirits
Progress Being
Made
Prospects Bright and COl0nlsts
Coming in-Characters
Necessary for
Admission -Sharks Do Not Thrive
There-The Colony Pays a. Il
Gees-No Debt.
FOR the ENQUIRER.
In CAMP at kaweah Colony, above !
Three Rivers, Tulare County,
California, January I.

FOR the ENQUIRER.
In CAMP at kaweah Colony, sbove)
Three Rivers, Tulare County,
California, January l. }
Providence, or fortunate circum.
stances, having favored me with the
opportunity. fiud myself tonight In
the midst ofs happy. brave, intelligent.
Industrious and enthusiastic band of
people as has ever been nv good fortune
to meet, and. I am proud 10 add. though
Il may sound egotisticsl, sm -one Of
them, although but recent arrival.
4. Bnt first lot me describe my surround. {.
ings. Our camp consists Of seven tents
and one cabin. which serve as dwellings.
Finy yards away Is q neat corral and
rough stable. poultry house and q
dog kennel. These are situated on a
bench Of level land some two acres IN
extent, at the foot ofs green mountain
slope that rises somewhat precipitously
athousand feet. A few feet below this
bench, the ripplin4 waters Of the Ka.
weah chant the refrain.
"Msn may come and men may 60.
But Igo on forever"
On the opposide side Of the river
rises 4 scrub timbered mountain
almost the counterpart Of his neighbors ;
these. with less than halfa mile space
between them. form what might be
called the gateway 10 Colony Canon.
The snow-white tents Nesting at the
foot Of the evergreen slope on the bank
Of the impatient river, the busy workers,
the blacksmith's forge, the ring Of the
anvil. the wagons the cattle and poul-
try, form altogether scene at once an
mated. charming. home-like, pictur-
esque and. to me, never TO be forgotten.
Such is the outward appearance Of the
camp, but tonight Is New Years, and
all are assembled In the dining room
tent. Let us enter and participate in
the festivities.
THK PIONEER GROUP,
as the colonists have styled themselves,
consists ofabout twenty adults and four
children, the male element at present
largely predominating. Let me intro
duee you. This Is Mrs. Keller. wife Of
the colony superintendent and chair.
man OF the group. She has charge Of
the culinary department. II will be
we'll, therefore, TO keep In her good
graces. II Is owing In great measure
to her able counsel and the moral sup
port extended to her indomitable
spouse, that the colony Is In existence.
The other TWO ladies are Mrs. Taylor
and Mrs. weitknecht, who have had
the courage to come into the mountain
hastness with their little ones. and are
clad that they came.
The two chubby boys are R)bby and
Carl Keller. The little girl Is the
daughter Of Comrade Taylor. The
laughing. good-natured little baby.boy
tho pet Of the camp-Comrade Welt,
knecht lays claim TO.
This Is q. F. Keller, the chief Of the
mountain stalwarts, q man Of grit and
norve, with Intelligence TO direct and
courage and ability to execute, quiet and
unassuming in manner, kind to every
body, and beloved and respected bv all,
, the man Of all men at for the position
he holds.
Sitting next to him Is the iovial Mar
tin Schneider. q Mark Tspley in disposi,
ton, manufacturer and purveyor OF
bad puns. Being somewhat ofs musi-
cian, he has been assigned the duty Of
keeping time.
Beyond him sit Comrades Haist and
Speed ; the former has vowed never to
increase his sise. and the latter has
agreed never TO contract his dimensions,
90 that the old proverb. "The more
haste the less speed" may not be full
hlled In their case. They are, both OF
them. as progressive as their names in
\ dica,e. go -
And these are Messrs. Taylor and
wetknecht, the dynamiteurs, who blew
Monopoly rock into smithereens when
II blocked the path Of progress. Ajax
couldn't hold candle to these men
they would blow II out IN 'iify."
And there are Mackay and Petersen
Knights Of Labor and the AZ, before
whose steady stroke many . giant hai
fallen.
This 10 Comrade Carp enter. late ol
the Oakland group. who attends the
forge. =
And these are Msssra Larsen, Delpa'
and Reigner. late Of the Coast Seamen'
Union, who will "shivsr their timbers'
In the Giant Forest -
And this is Tom-Capt'n Tom-Msr
kusen. the colony teamster, who navi
gates the open prairie and rides thu
mountain billows in "studsbsker.'
At the farther end Of the table looms
up the sood-nstured. tis.hearted. open
handed Henry Miller. who would cut
button OF his own coat 10 sew onto hii
neighbor'a
Beside him 10 John Zobrist, the hort
eulturist and embryo philosopher.
And now comes Comrsde Knseland